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To: ild who wrote (53887)	2/15/2006 10:56:29 AM
From: ild	Respond to of 110194

Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 10:43 trotsky (bleuler@Chavez) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved it should be clear that Chavez and his fellow socialists are basically economic illiterates. however, try as they might, they won't be able to con the market, and this will imo eventually prove to be their downfall. unfortunately, from here to there a lot of upheaval can be expected, as the usual reaction of the state ( any state ) to failing interventionism is to pile it on and intervene even more. Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 10:23 trotsky (the Fed's job in a nutshell) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved 'manage inflation expectations' so that you can inflate as much as possible without anyone noticing. Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 10:03 trotsky (@Bernanke statement) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved he worries that the housing bubble might collapse quicker than widely expected ( or rather, that it won't be the widely expected 'soft landing' ) and people might therefore decide to...gasp!...save instead of spend! the FOMC stands ready to head such nonsense off at the pass!